los yog 17 qhov nyob rau hauv thawj round ntawm Masters, Jon Rahm ua si "video game golf."
Nws yog txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws Rahm tus caddie, Adam Hayes, tuaj yeem piav qhia cov kev sib tw uas nws tus thawj coj dub tawm thiab pib sau cov qhab nia nrog lub voj voog. Txuag rau ob-bogey ntawm lub qhov qhib, Rahm yuav luag zoo tag nrho thaum nws tau sau xya tus noog thiab tus dav dawb hau ntawm txoj kev mus rau qhov chaw qhib-65 thiab ib feem ntawm tus thawj coj nrog Brooks Koepka thiab Viktor Hovland.
Rounds ntawm qhov zoo no ua rau nws nyuaj rau txheeb xyuas ib lub club hauv lub hnab uas tau ua haujlwm zoo dua li lwm tus, tab sis Rahm tau tawm ntawm nws txoj kev los muab nws tus neeg tsav tsheb Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond ib qho kev hlub ntxiv hauv nws lub rooj sib tham tom qab sib tham - thiab txoj cai li ntawd. Rahm tsis nco txog txoj kev ncaj ncees thaum lub sijhawm puag ncig thiab txuas ntxiv muab nws tus kheej tso rau hauv qhov chaw tua hluav taws ntawm tus chij.
"Nws yog thawj zaug xyoo no uas nws xav tias zoo li yav dhau los, kuv lub viav vias tawm ntawm tee," Rahm hais.
Thaum lub npe ntawm tus tsav tsheb tsis tau hloov pauv txij li Rahm muab Paradym Triple Pob Zeb Diamond hauv kev ua si ntawm Sentry Tournament of Champions, nws tau lees tias nws tsis yog tib lub taub hau.
Tag nrho peb cov kev lag luam xaiv tau raug xaiv los ntawm nws tus kheej thiab kho los ntawm pab pawg neeg kho. Yog tias koj yuav cov khoom sib txuas, GOLF.COM yuav tau txais tus nqi. Tus nqi yuav txawv.
"Kuv tau hloov ib lossis ob zaug ntxiv tom qab [Riviera] vim tias nws tsis yog qhov zoo thiab thaum kawg pom ib qho kuv nyiam," Rahm hais ntxiv.
Raws li kev sib cav yog tus tsav tsheb zoo tshaj plaws ntawm PGA Ncig Saib Xyuas, Rahm tau pom qhov ua tiav nrog txhua tus neeg tsav tsheb nws tau siv txij li nws tau kos npe nrog Callaway xyoo 2021. Thaum lub sijhawm xyaum ua haujlwm dhau los ntawm Ely Callaway Performance Center, Rahm unleashed 10 tus tsav tsheb sib law liag qhov sib txawv hauv spin ntawm qhov txhaj tshuaj yog 100 RPMs. Nws yogtus txiv neej ntawdnrog tus tsav tsheb hauv nws txhais tes.
Yog li thaum ib yam dab tsi tsis ua haujlwm nrog tus pas loj, Callaway's Tour reps yuav ua txhua yam nws yuav siv los nrhiav kev daws teeb meem.
Hauv Rahm cov ntaub ntawv, kev tshawb nrhiav kom pom tus tsav tsheb tsim nyog tsis yog txheej txheem nyuaj. Yog tias muaj dab tsi, zaj dab neeg hais txog qhov razor-nyias npoo uas muaj nyob nruab nrab ntawm tus tsav tsheb "zoo" thiab "zoo" rau Rahm.
Raws li Callaway ncig saib tus neeg sawv cev Kellen Watson, Rahm pib xav tias yog ib yam dab tsi tsis zoo nrog tus neeg tsav tsheb tus nqi khiav ncig ntawm Kev Tswj Pov Hwm Phoenix Qhib. Thaum Rahm nyob ntawm nws qhov zoo tshaj plaws nrog tus tsav tsheb, nws tab tom tso tawm ntawm 10-11 degrees nrog 2,500 RPMs ntawm "Tshuag" ploj mus nrog 10.5-degree taub hau hauv "NS" OptiFit teeb tsa (lub ntsej muag nruab nrab angle, hais loft).
Rahm ntxiv loft ntau ntxiv rau tus tsav tsheb los pab nrog nws mus-rau kev txiav.GETTY IMAGES
Thaum lub sij hawm ntawd, Rahm tau hovering nyob ib ncig ntawm 9.5 degrees nrog ib tug spin rate shading hauv qab 2,500 RPM. Nws tsis yog kev ceeb toom liab, tab sis Rahm xav nrhiav kev kho kom ntseeg tau tias nws txiav pib sab laug thiab nkhaus ntau txoj cai. Ntawm Riviera, Watson thiab pab pawg tau muab Rahm lwm Paradym Triple Pob Zeb Diamond nrog kwv yees li ib nrab-degree ntau loft ntxiv rau tig, tab sis tag nrho lub taub hau ntawm qhov chaw nyob tsis haum Rahm lub qhov muag thaum xub thawj siab ib muag.